Hosokawa Alpine has developed a process for processing textile waste: first, a Rotoplex cutting machine further breaks down pre-shredded textiles into fibers, and then sorting equipment separates reusable fibers from contaminated residues.

Key Points

  • Hosokawa Alpine has developed a textile waste processing method
  • The core equipment is the Rotoplex cutting machine, which breaks down pre-shredded textiles into fibers
  • The sorting stage separates reusable fibers from contaminated residues

The process starts with textiles that have already been pre-shredded. The Rotoplex cutting machine then further refines the material, breaking the fabric down into fiber form. After that, the sorting stage in the process intervenes to separate fibers with reuse value from unusable contaminated residues. This combination corresponds to two key steps in textile waste recycling—fiber liberation and impurity removal.

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Source: New shredder for the processing of used textiles · Originally published on 2026-09-30